Single-coin-registering bank



Nov. 13,1923. A. E. JACOBS SINGLE COIN REGISTERING BANK Filed Sept. 16. 1920 2 Sheets-Sheet l ATTORNEY Nov. 13, 1923. 1,474,332

- A. E. JACOBS SINGLE COIN REGISTERING BANK F iled Sept. 16, 1920' 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR 7 ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 13, 1923.

UNITED STATES ARTHUR E. JACOBS, OF CLEVELAND HEIGHTS VILLAGE, OHIO.

SINGLE-COIN-REGISTERING BANK.

Application filed September 16, 1920. Serial No. 410,794.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ARTHUR E. JACOBS,

a citizen of the United States, and resident of ClevelandHeights Village, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Single-Coijn-Registering Banks, of which I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The objects of the invention are to provide an improvement in sheet metal childrens banks in which coins of only one denomination such as nickels can be deposited, and which, when a predetermined number of coins and a certain lump sum of money has been deposited, can be opened to remove the deposit. The invention includes a movable or tilting chute into which the coin is fed, said chute having two positions. I/Vhen the chute is placed in the first position, any coin can be put into thechute but a baffle plate prevents the passage of the selected coin and permits smaller coins to pass out of the bank. When the movable chute is placed in he second position, the selected coin will pass into the bank and the chute will operate counting mechanism which will indicate at each movement of the chute, the amount deposited and the total sum of the last and all previous deposits.

The invention includes a device for operating the tilting chute and mechanism controlled by the movements of the coin and chute for operating the counting dials or disc upon which the number of coins deposited is indicated.

It includes a ratchet device reciprocated )y the movements of the tilting chute and engaging .first the first one of a series of count ing discs to advance the same intermittently as coins are fed to the chute, untilone comwith the first counting disc.

position, the ratchet engages a second counting disc of the seriesand advances the same one number. The first counting disc of the series, represents coin units, and the second counting disc of the series represents, multiples of the total indicated by the first named disc and is operated to advance one space for 20-spaces in the first named disc, other relative proportions of parts and number of the spaces in the disc can be employed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

It includes a common pivotal shaft for. said discs, a member rotatable on said shaft and operable from the exterior of said bank, and an arm operated thereby for actuating said tilting chute.

It includes a swinging door-for the vault or coin receptacle of said chute and means preventing the opening of said door until the full amount to be deposited has been received in said receptacle.

It further includes the combination and arrangement of parts and constructionof the various claims hereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the device; Fig. 2 is a transverse section thereof on vertical center a; Fig. 3 is a transverse section of casing showing the outer or operating disc and adjacent parts; Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the vertical center line; Fig. 5 illustrates front and rear views of the tilting coin chute respectively; Fig. 6 is a front end elevation and a side elevation of the pawl which operates the counting discs;

Fig. 7 is a. side elevation of the disc which controls the action of the pawl; Fig. 8 is a longitudinal section of the casing showing the numbers upon the counting discs, E and F can be seen, a corresponding opening, G. is shown in the front wall of the casing. The counting discs, E and R, are provided with series of spaced numbers on their pe ripheries, one disc counting from 0 to 100 respectively, in graduations of live respectively, and the other disc counting from O to 10: other series can be employed if desired.

The discs are loosely mounted upon the axis shaft, H, and are actuated by means oi pawl and ratchet mechanism, hereinafter fully described.

I is a thin disc mounted upon the shaft Hand provided with an. operating lever J, which projects through a slot, K, in the casing. This disc is provided with two lugs, ii and M, which alternately engage with the arm, N, pivoted in the frame C, at N his arm is provided with spaced lugs. O and O, which are employed to operate the tilting coin chute, P, into which the coins are all received and from which they are all selectively discharged, as hereinafter tuliy described.

A spring, I, returns the disc 1, arm N and coin chute P, to their original positions.

The coin is inserted through the opening, T, in the outer casing, the size of which permits no larger coin than the one'desired to enter, and falls in the coin chute while the chute is in the inclined position shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and if the coin is too small, it will enter an opening T in the. inner frame and will fall through the discharge passage, T and pass out of the bank. If the coin is of a larger diameter and ot' the predetermined value it engages the frame at T and is held from falling until the chute moves forward and a larger opening T permits the coin to fall into the coin depositing; passage S.

To accomplish this action the larger coin will be engaged by a lug 0' upon the arm which lug will move the coin along the wall B, through the agency oi? the coin, will move the chute until the coin falls into the opening T and passes into the passage S leading to the vault A.

This construction prevents any coin except the one of the exact size required from entering the coin receptacle. To operate the counting discs a pawl is pivoted upon a projcction P of the chute P, and moves therewith.

A spring V retains the pawl in engagement with the teeth R on the first counting disc. The pawl works freely in the part P and passes through the slot V in the top wall of the casing. The pawl is provided wit-ha second tooth V, which is adapted to engage the spaced teeth V on the second counting disc, but to prevent engagement with the second disc until the first disc has -rnade one entire revolution, the pawl is held out of contact with the second counting disc by means of. the annular member or disc X rotatingwiththe first disc H until one entire revolution, ofthe first disc has been made, when a recess X in the part 'X permits the pawl to drop and the second tooth.

Vi to engage the teeth V on the second counting disc, and to advance it one space, when it is immediately raised out of contact therewith as the pawl is withdrawn.

Springs Y, Y, allixed to the frame and engaging the frame and ratchet teeth of the counting discs prevent loose movement of said discs.

A door Z is hung over an opening Z in the front wall oi"? the coin receptacle and inclined bars Z Z hinged to the door engage the counting discs and prevent opening the door until the complete amount to be indicated has been deposited. when the re- Z, Z in the peripheries of said discs receive the bars when the door is pushed in and permit the door to be opened.

A. bell, P is sounded when the arm I is drawn down to deposit a coin. This is accomplished by means of the lugs P upon the arm or member I, which strikes the cranked arm P of the bell clapper P and throws it briskly againstthe bell. A second arm, P, returns the bell clapper it it should not fall of its own accord.

Having described the invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a coin recording bank, the combination with a casing containing a coin receptacle in its base, of primary and secondary counting discs, rotatable in said casing, a coin chute tiltable to primary and secondary positions and pivoted in said casing, coin passages in said casing registering respectively with the primary and secondary positions of said chute, one of said passages for discharge leading outside of said casing and the other leading to said coin receptacle,

a battle plate having an opening permitting the passage of a smaller coin than that to be deposited through the said discharge passage, but barring over-sizes, and having a larger opening spaced forward on the same, a pawl operativcly connected with said tiltable coin chute, ratchets upon said coin discs, engageable with said pawl, means for preventing the engagement of the said pawl withthe secondary disc until one revolution of the primary disc has been made, means operable in conjunction with said selected coin from outside the casing for tilting said tilting coin chute to deposit the coin in said larger opening. and return spring therefor.

2. In a coin-recording bank, the combination with a casing containing a coin receptacle in its base, of primary and secondary counting discs, rotatable in said casing, a. coin chute tiltable to primary and secondary posit-'ons and pivoted in said casing, coin passagesin said casing registering respectively with the primary and secondary positions of said chute, one of said passages, that for discharge, leading outside of said casing and the other leading to said coin receptacle, a baffle plate having a discharge opening permitting the passage of a smaller coin than that to be deposited, through the said discharge passage, but barring other sizes, a pawl operatively connected with said tiltable coin chute, ratchets upon said coin discs, engageable with said pawl, means for preventing the engagement of the said pawl with the secondary disc until one revolution of the primary disc has been made, means operable in conjunction with the selected coin for tilting said tilting coin chute and return spring therefor, and resilient means (fior preventing loose motion of said counting ISCS.

3. In a recording bank in combination, a casing, primary and secondary counting discs revolvable in said casing, a common shaft therefor, a coin receptacle in the base of said casing, a tilting coin chute in said casing, said casing provided with an opening leading thereto, a member pivoted in said casing and operating in conjunction with a selected coin to operate said chute, a

- member pivoted upon said shaft for actuating said chute-o crating member, said actuating member having an arm projecting through the front of said casing, passages registering alternately with said tilting coin chute, one of said passages leading outside of the casing to discharge coins of smaller size than the ones to be deposited, the other for the size of the coin required and leading to the coin receptacle, a pawl attached to said tilting coin chute and adapted to engage said counting discs, means preventing the engagement of said pawl with the secondary disc until the first mentioned disc has made one complete revolution and a return spring for said main actuating member.

4:. In a coin-recording bank, a casing provided with a coin receptacle in its base, and with coin-receiving and discharging openings, a frame or enclosure within said receptacle provided with adjacent passages, one of said passages for coin deposit leading to said coin receptacle and the other a discharge passage leading to said discharge opening, and a tilting coin receptacle, registering with said coin receiving opening, said chute normally registering with said coin discharge passage and movable to register with said coin deposit passage, retaining means in said frame for a coin of predetermined size deposited in said chute, said retaining means provided with an opening for the release of smaller coins into said discharge passage, and means operating in conjunction with said retained coin for operating said coin chute to deposit said retained coin in said deposit passage.

5. In a coin-recording bank, a casing provided with a coin receptacle in its base, and with coin-receiving and discharging openings, a frame or enclosure within said receptacle provided with adjacent passages, one of said passages for coin deposit leading to said coin receptacle and the other a discharge passage leading to said discharge opening, and a tilting coin receptacle, registering with said coin receiving opening, said chute normally registering with said coin discharge passage and movable to register with said coin deposit passage, retaining means in said frame for a coin of predetermined size deposited in said chute, said retaining means provided with an opening for the release of smaller coins into said discharge passage, and means operating in conjunction with said retained coin for operating said coin chute to deposit said retained coin in said deposit passage.

6. The combination in a coin recording device, a casing, a tilting coin chute therein, an arm operating in conjunction with a coin for moving said chute, an actuating member for said arm, said actuating member provided with a projecting lug, a bell in said casing and a bell clapper having a pivoted, and cranked extremity, said lug on said actuating member engaging said cranked extremity to sound said bell when said actuating member is moved to tilt said chute.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand this 9" day of September, 1920.

ARTHUR E. JACOBS.

In presence of-- WM. M. Mormon, Bnssm KATZ. 

